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President's Message

June 2022

Summer Education Series, Health Equity Webinar, Congratulations to all the graduating FITS, Happy Retirement to Council Member Dr. Mary Corretti

Hello Maryland ACC Colleagues,

I hope you are able to enjoy the summer with your family, loved ones and friends.

I would like to highlight the upcoming educational events which are sponsored and supported by Maryland ACC.

Summer Education Series – SAVE THE DATES!

Maryland ACC would like to highlight two upcoming seminars:

August 31 – To Fix or Not to Fix: New Approaches to Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Repair with guest speakers Dr. Rani Hasan and Dr. Matt Czarny and case presentation by Dr. Pranoti Hiremath
September 7 – How Much is Too Much: Exercise and the Athletic Heart with Dr. Lili Barouch and Dr. Ankit Shah.

This case-based series is moderated by Dr. Vaani Garg, Dr. Sammy Zakaria and Dr. Jonathan Chrispin

ACC Health Equity Webinar on South Asian Health on June 21 from 6:30-8:00pm led by Dr. Jaideep Patel: This is a great event moderated by ACC Immediate Past-President Dr. Dipti Itchhaporia with national experts in South Asian CV Health, including Dr. Alka Kanaya, Dr. Salim Virani, Dr. Khurram Nasir, Dr. Pradeep Natarajan and Dr. Jaideep Patel. Register here.

Congratulations to all the graduating FITs: This is an incredibly exciting time and we wish you a wonderful and successful career ahead no matter how and where you choose to practice Cardiology. Our profession needs your expertise and we thank you for choosing the ACC as your professional home. Don’t forget to take the next step and apply to become an FACC! Apply here using the PromoCode “MyFACC”, and the application fee will be waived. I will be happy to serve as your sponsor.

Happy Retirement to Dr. Mary Corretti!

Special note of gratitude to Dr. Mary Corretti of Johns Hopkins Cardiology who will retire at the end of this month

after decades of service to the Echocardiography lab. She will be missed. Dr. Corretti has taught a generation of cardiologists at Hopkins and the University of Maryland. And while she is retiring from clinical medicine, she will continue to focus on echocardiography education and mentoring Women Cardiologists. Mary Concetta Corretti, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine | Johns Hopkins Medicine

I thank you for your commitment to the Chapter and wish everyone a great July 4th weekend!

Garima Sharma, MD, FACC

President, Maryland ACC

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